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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Real evolutionary change - the kind that shapes physical appearance - involves only a tiny fraction of the genome

The Ainu of Japan are genetically similar to other East Asians in spite of having a somewhat European physical appearance. While this might seem surprising it may be due to the possibility that ancient Asians looked a lot more like Europeans than do modern Asians.